Actress Helena Bonham Carter has revealed she loved getting paid by her partner, Tim Burton, to lust after Johnny Depp in their new movie, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The actress - who was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her performance as Mrs. Lovett in the new film, said she had no qualms about falling in love with Tim's best friend, who plays the vindictive barber, on screen.
When asked if she found it awkward lusting after the 44-year-old father of two, she said: "Weirdly not, maybe it should have been, but you know I was pretending. It is odd, I was being paid by my boyfriend to fall in love with his best friend. It was a strange situation."
The British actress - who gave birth to her second child with 49-year-old Tim last month - also revealed she tried extra hard in her audition for the role - because she didn't want to feel like she only got the part because she slept with the director."I would safely say it made it much harder for me to get the part because the director was my boyfriend," she said. "He told me you look right for it, and potentially you are perfect for the role, but we have no idea if you can sing. I said well I will go away and try to learn, but I had to be righter than right. For my sake, I didn't want to feel like I got the part just because I slept with him. But at the end of the day Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the original musical, had the final say and I definitely didn't sleep with him!"
By Owen Williams, Jan 14 2008 © Copyright 2008 - Showbiz Spy
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